Improvement in umbrella-covers



G; HELD. Umbrella'fio-ver.

,No.210,121. Ptented Nov. 19, 1878.

PETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHH, WASHINGTON, D, C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV HELD, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN UMBRELLA-COVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N6, 21 0,l2l, dated November 19, 1878 application filed October 23, 1878.

Figure 1 shows a portion'of a cover containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof in the line as as, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. My invention relates to means for supporting and protecting the edge of the hole in the center of an umbrella cover or case; and it consists in combining with the cover or case an inner truncated sheet-metal cap having a circumferential recess, in which the fabric on the edge of the hole in the cover or case is fastened by a wire band or other suitable means, and an outer truncated sheet-metal cap, which is fitted on the upper protruding part of the inner cap, and is secured thereto by means of solder introduced between the two caps, so that while the wire band or its substitute is hidden by the outer cap, and also held against displacement thereby, a hidden and almost indestructible union between the two caps is produced.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the body of my cover or case, which is made of any fabric suitable for the purpose. B is the inner cap, and O the outer cap.

The inner cap, B, is of a size large enough to go over the stick of the umbrella or parasol, and it has a circumferential recess, a, in'which that portion of the fabric on the edge of the central hole in the cover or case A is fastened by means of a wire band, I), the edge of the fabric being drawn around the wire and the ends of the latter being twisted together.

The outer cap, 0, is fitted on the upper part of the inner cap-namely, that part thereof protruding from the cover or case A-and it is held or secured thereon by means of solder introduced between the two caps, as at e.

The outer cap, 0, covers the wire band a, and thus hides the same from view, besides holding the same against displacement, while by means of the solder a firm and durable union of the two caps is produced, and one which is practically hidden from view.

My invention is especially applicable to cases or hoods for protecting and covering umbrellas when in a closed state, but it is also applicable to the main or cover proper of an umbrella.

Heretofore the edges of the central hole of an umbrella-cover have been confined in place by a screw-threaded tube, arranged on the umbrella-stick, and an external tube adapted to screw down on the said tube and clamp the fabric between the flange on said inner tube and the lower edge of the outer tube; but such is not my invention, and is disclaimed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with an umbrella cover or case, an inner truncated sheet-metal cap havin g a circumferential recess, in which the fabric on the edge of the hole in the center of said cover or case is fastened by means of a wire band or other suitable means, and an outer truncated sheet-metal cap, which is fitted on the upper part of the inner cap, and is secured thereto by means of solder introduced be tween the two caps, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto set my hand and seal this 22d day of October, 1878.

GUSTAV HELD. u

Witnesses:

E. F. KASTENHUBER, J. VAN SANTVOORD. 

